Background
Halsey, Francis Whiting was born on October 15, 1851 in Unadilla, New York, United States. Son of Gaius Leonard (Doctor of Medicine and Juliet E. (Carrington) H.
Halsey, Francis Whiting was born on October 15, 1851 in Unadilla, New York, United States. Son of Gaius Leonard (Doctor of Medicine and Juliet E. (Carrington) H.
Brother of Frederick Arthur H. Bachelor of Science, Cornell, 1873.
On staff New York Tribune, 1875-1880, New York Times, 1880-1902. Edited New York Times Saturday Review from its first number, October 15, 1896, until June 1902. Literature adviser Doctorate. Appleton & Company, 1902-1905, Funk & Wagnalls Company, since 1905.
Has lectured before New York and New Jersey history societies, students Columbia, Princeton and many other bodies.
Trustee New York State History Association, American Scenic Society Author: Two Months Abroad, 1878. The Old New York Frontier, 1901.
Virginia Isabel Forbes (memoir of his wife), 1900. Our Literary Deluge, 1902.
The Pioneers of Unadilla Village, 1902.
Historical and biographical introduction to Mistress Rowson’s Charlotte Temple, 1905. History introduction and foot notes to Richard Smith’s Tour of Four Great Rivers, 1906. Editor: The World’s Famous Orations (associate to William J. Bryan), 10 volumes, 1906.
The Best of the World’s Classics (associate to Henry Cabot Lodge), 10 volumes, 1907.
Great Epochs in American History Described by Famous Writers, 10 volumes, 1912. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, 10 volumes, 1914.
Wrote introduction and bibliographies for Pryde’s “What Books to Read and How to Read,” 1912. Home: New York, New New York
Married Virginia Isabel Forbes, December 18, 1883 (died 1899).